“Hurry up my King to conquer Rome…”

“Hurry up my King to conquer Rome…”

Lithograph by Guido Gonin, Turin, Lit. Giordana e Salussolia, 1867

After the annexation of Veneto, the conquer of Rome, defended by the French Army, is the main problem for the unification of Italy. In this allegorical image Italy incites Vittorio Emanuele II to hurry up to conquer Rome that is comforted by Venice.


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